Cruz did win back the MAGA voters, and he didn't end up with a runoff challenger who Trump would endorse the way Trump did with Paxton over Cornyn. The issue is Paxton's major character flaws. I voted against Paxton in the primaries when he ran for reelection as AG, but I failed to vote in the runoff, and perhaps he would not have been a contender for Senate this time around, if he had lost then. I did vote for Cornyn in both the primaries and the runoff for this Senate seat, but that Trump endorsement pushed him over the finish line. Cruz has always been an honest man of integrity! Paxton has been a rock star within the conservative movement, but his skeletons make him a huge liability.